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With my fist 5th gen, I changed the oil at 600 or so after 30 minutes of driving and sent a sample off to Blackstone Labs for an analysis. I did a hard break in.
The report I got back was high amounts of aluminum, copper and silica. All particles are softer than more harmful contaminants, yet, is a wise idea if breaking in hard to change the oil within 1000k.
OCD, piece of mind, overkill?
All the above?
I have 2 first gens and use high zinc and dyno on break in's and I break in hard. I dump after 400-500 miles then refill with Synthetic.
To each his own I guess...right, wrong? No conclusive data suggests keeping factory filled crankcase oil for the full DIC algorithms is harmful. However, considering the %age of contaminants in my oil from the report, I felt better changing it.
And as a side note...If you drive hard, the DIC will compensate..if you drive like a gramma, DIC will compensate. If you use a high quality 100% synthetic Pennziol Platinum, Mobil 1 with a high quality filter (Mobil1 K&N) stick to your DIC % of oil life left and do NOT change it at 3k. Synthetics are great, after initial break in and second oil changes for 7,000 to 10k.
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It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. What do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?
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